OT: "Best" Linux Distro?

Rumor has it that Jim Leonard may have mentioned these words: Linux from Scratch: Read book, learn commands, learn what your compiling & why, learn how to set up the applications & system by hand, learn lots of other stuff along the way, oops twice due to typoes, learn to fix it, drink lots of beer, then have a functional, fast Linux system, and know *why* it is. Gentoo: Insert CD in machine with 'Net connectivity, hit "go", wait a bunch whilst it downloads lots of stuff & patches it with insecure shiznit, compiles it, then it says "Done," then you reboot and have a (hopefully) running Linux that's generally not that secure tho you're not sure *why* it isn't & you generally haven't learned much during the process. Yea, I'm kinda cynical about the whole emerge thingy, but seeing how Gentoo bastardizes qmail and then the poor buggers ask why they're having problems because they know nothing about the whole deal... Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers _??_ zmerch at 30below.com (?||?) If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead _)(_ disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.